The state has few regulations governing what seawater desalination plants do with the concentrated brine that is left over.

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's dream of gaining city status for his SpaceX spaceport in the southern US state of Texas became a ...

About 4.8% of Dallas County’s 1.4 million registered voters cast ballots early ahead of Saturday’s election, with all 14 ...

UC regents have named University of Texas Chancellor James B. Milliken as the next president of the University of California.

Earlier this month, the Laredo City Council voted ... Before joining the Hearst Texas newspapers in 2017 he covered government and politics for the Tampa Bay Times, The Miami Herald and the ...

The California Newsroom and the Texas Standard team up to examine how the Trump administration is changing life in two of the ...

Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security ...

City council members approved a new requirement ... Tickets are on sale now for the 15th annual Texas Tribune Festival, Texas ...

The Defense Department says it has designated a second stretch on the U.S. border with Mexico as a military zone to enforce immigration laws.

Jasper Scherer covered Texas politics and government for the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News. He joined the Hearst Austin bureau in 2021 after nearly three years as a City Hall ...